Books/Publications
fiction
If you are fortunate enough to still have a local bookshop, why not consider browsing and buying my books there? Or, maybe you could borrow them from the ibrary!
Ages 3-6
Picture books Lost at the Zoo and The Giant Panda Party, both of which are set in Edinburgh Zoo.
Picture Books
Ages 8-12
Edinburgh-set novels The Chaos Clock and The Chaos Quest, or my Fife-based novels Winterbringers and Dark Spell.
Ages 11-14
Teen fantasy novels Beneath and The Keepers’ Daughter.
Non-fiction
Something about Science here…
Science for Reluctant Readers
Dive in to find out about the Black Death, Smallpox and other hideous diseases. Or maybe you’d prefer farting herring, or glow-in-the-dark mice? No? Then how about dinosaur detectives, or the man who weighed the earth? They’re all in these easy to read books.
Science for Reluctant Readers
Crazy Creatures
Mad Scientists
Germ Wars
Science for Middle Grade (8-12 yrs)
How does DNA make you unique, but like other people? Why are you like a doughnut? Which metal screams when you bend it? How did life begin? What do frogs and Frankenstein have to do with electricity? These and lots of other questions you never realised you needed answered are here to entertain and educate you.
Family Interest Science
From hot air balloons to space stations, canoes to submarines and cells to humans (and every other living thing); from villainous viruses to your personal microbe army… these books will take you on a guided tour through some fantastic stories of scientists and scientific discovery.
Family Interest Science
Balloon to the Moon
From Shore to Ocean Floor
From Cells to Ourselves
Microbe Wars
History & Geography
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The Amazing Life of Mary, Queen of Scots
She was Queen of Scotland and of France, and a possible Queen of England; she was involved in a series of mysterious deaths; in the end she lost her head... But what was life really like for Mary, Queen of Scots?
A Secret Diary of the First World War
The true story of 14 year old James Marchbank, who went to war on the Western Front in 1914 and kept a diary of his experiences there. Step into his boots and find out what the First World War was really like…
Wonderful Wilderness
What is a wilderness? Why do we need to preserve it and how do we go about doing so? This book takes a look at these important questions and focuses on National Parks from Yellowstone in the US, to the Lake District in the UK and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Now On Kindle
My middle grade and teen fiction is now available (or coming soon) on Kindle. Witches and shapeshifters, desperate journeys, wolves both human and animal, secrets and sacrifice… Jump in for perilous adventures underpinned by friendship, love, loyalty and family.
The Keeper's Daughter
The Keepers’ Daughter is the story of orphan Nyssa, torn from the life she knows by the discovery of a twin brother she never knew she had, hunted by the terrifying Shadowmen and forced to embark on a dangerous journey to find the true importance of the tattoos she and her brother carry.
Beneath
In Beneath, Jess encounters the shapeshifting Nykur who live in a world beneath the water and learns of a terrible bargain between the two worlds. Torn between Nykur boy Finn and local lad Magnus, she will need courage she never suspected to help save both worlds, but in the end, she will have to choose one…
Winterbringers
Josh didn’t expect the sea to freeze during his summer holiday near St Andrews. But the seasons have gone crazy and only he and local girl Callie understand why. Can they help the Winter King, heal the Queen of Summer and stop the Winterbringers bringing eternal winter?
Dark Spell
In Dark Spell, Callie must learn to control witchy power she doesn’t want. Can she trust Josh with her secret? And are they strong enough together to deal with a dark and dangerous presence that has escaped into their world?
Chaos Clock
The Chaos Clock in the museum threatens time itself in Edinburgh. Best friends Kate and David will need all their courage to try to defeat the Lords of Chaos and keep time flowing properly – and one of them will have to make a huge sacrifice.
Chaos Quest
In Chaos Quest, set eighteen months later, time and reality are under threat again and the two friends must save the Stardreamer from the Lords of Chaos until she can use her power to protect time forever.
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Complete Collection
Fiction
Picture Books
Lost at the Zoo
The Giant Panda Party
Middle Grade
Chaos Clock
Chaos Quest
Winterbringers
Dark Spell
Non-Fiction
Science for Reluctant Readers
Crazy Creatures
Mad Scientists
Germ Wars
Middle Grade Science
What Makes You You?
What Makes Your Body Work?
A Beginner’s Guide to Life on Earth
A Beginner’s Guide to the Periodic Table
A Beginner’s Guide to Electricity and Magnetism
Family Interest Science
Balloon to the Moon
From Shore to Ocean Floor
From Cells to Ourselves
Microbe Wars
Other publications
Short Stories
Short Stories for Radio Broadcast by BBC Scotland Schools Programme
A Long Way Home
Bannocks for Bannockburn
A short story for adults ‘Marilyn’s Hands’ for ‘Elsewhere’, a collection commissioned by Edinburgh International Book Festival. Available on audio.